Latin letter of introduction

COLLECTION NAME:

Papyri Collection

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ManchesterDev~93~3

Papyri Collection

Collection

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Reference number:

Greek P 623

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Greek P 623

Reference number

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Side:

recto

folio

recto

Side

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Image Number:

JRL023165tr

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JRL023165tr

Image Number

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Image Title:

Latin letter of introduction

image_title

Latin letter of introduction

Image Title

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Alternative Image Title:

Archive of Theophanes

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Archive of Theophanes

Alternative Image Title

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Trismegistos Number:

17314

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Trismegistos Number

false

Subject:

Letters

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Letters

Subject

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Citation reference:

P. Ryl. Gr. 4 623

citation_reference

P. Ryl. Gr. 4 623

Citation reference

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Description:

This fragment is part of a letter of introduction for Theophanes, a government employee from Hermopolis. It is part of the Archive of Theophanes, purchased c. 1896 by A.S. Hunt on behalf of Lord Crawford. The text is identical and in the same hand as P. Lat. Strasb. I (ed. with plate by H. Breslau in 'Archiv', III, pp.168-72). The verso is blank.

description

This fragment is part of a letter of introduction for Theophanes, a government employee from Hermopolis. It is part of the Archive of Theophanes, purchased c. 1896 by A.S. Hunt on behalf of Lord Crawford. The text is identical and in the same hand as P. Lat. Strasb. I (ed. with plate by H. Breslau in 'Archiv', III, pp.168-72). The verso is blank.

Description

false

Creation site:

Egypt: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein)

creation_site

Egypt: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein)

Creation site

false

Date created:

317 - 324 CE

date_created

317 - 324 CE

Date created

false

Time period covered:

1 BCE - 500 CE

time_period_covered

1 BCE - 500 CE

Time period covered

false

Place covered:

Egypt: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein)

place_covered

Egypt: Hermopolis (mod. El-Ashmunein)

Place covered

false

Place covered:

Egypt: Thebais

place_covered

Egypt: Thebais

Place covered

false

People covered:

Theophanes

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Theophanes

People covered

false

People covered:

Dyskolios

people_covered

Dyskolios

People covered

false

People covered:

Vitalis

people_covered

Vitalis

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false

People covered:

Philippos

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Philippos

People covered

false

Language:

Latin

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Latin

Language

false

Language code:

lat

language_code

lat

Language code

false

Item height:

172 mm

item_height

172 mm

Item height

false

Item width:

153 mm

item_width

153 mm

Item width

false

Technique used:

Handwriting

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Handwriting

Technique used

false

Medium:

Ink

medium

Ink

Medium

false

Support material:

Papyrus

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Papyrus

Support material

false

Discovery site:

Egypt: Hermopolites

discovery_site

Egypt: Hermopolites

Discovery site

false

Notes:

Under glass with Greek Papyrus 622.

notes

Under glass with Greek Papyrus 622.

Notes

false

Bibliography:

Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952

bibliography

Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952

Bibliography

false

Current repository:

The University of Manchester Library, U.K.

Former repository:

Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner

former_repository

Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner

Former repository

false

Category:

Manuscripts

MEDIA INFORMATION

Latin letter of introduction